Jahari
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-HAR-ee
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #1,663 for boys
Jahari is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,663rd for boys in the US (100 babies).
Where does Jahari come from?
Modern: modern US name; resembles Swahili johari, 'jewel'
Is Jahari a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 100 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,663rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 100 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 100 boys in the US were named Jahari, making it the 1,663rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,766th. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had the most boys named Jahari of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Jahari in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | #1,663 |
| 2024 | 75 | #2,028 |
| 2023 | 98 | #1,711 |
| 2022 | 64 | #2,242 |
| 2021 | 88 | #1,789 |
| 2020 | 86 | #1,766 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2018 | 68 | #2,082 |
| 2017 | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 55 | #2,298 |
| 2012 | 54 | #2,357 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 90 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 79 | #1,851 |
| 2008 | 86 | #1,752 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 2002 | 71 | #1,657 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Jahari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armani, Jakari, Avi, Rishi, Aarav, Jamari, Kash, Krishiv, Jasani, Kamari, Bodhi, Ravi
Names related to Jahari
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jahari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahari, updated 20 October 2026.